A combinatorial model for the known Bousfield classes

DOI10.2140/AGT.2019.19.2677MaRDI QIDQ2279067zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Neil Strickland

Publication date 12 December 2019

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.08533, http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/153500/1/bctc_published.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

Bousfield class

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semirings (16Y60) Stable homotopy theory, spectra (55P42) Localization and completion in homotopy theory (55P60)

Abstract: We give a combinatorial construction of an ordered semiring A, and show that it can be identified with a certain subquotient of the semiring of p-local Bousfield classes, containing almost all of the classes that have previously been named and studied. This is a convenient way to encapsulate most of the known results about Bousfield classes.

Review text

For an arbitrary prime \(p\), the author studies the set \(\mathcal L\) of Bousfield classes \(\langle E\rangle\) of \(p\)-local spectra \(E\), which has the structure of an ordered semiring by declaring \(\langle E\rangle\leq\langle F\rangle\) if each \(F_*\)-acyclic spectrum is \(E_*\)-acyclic. The goal is to shed light on Ravenel's Telescope Conjecture. The method of attack is a two-stage construction. First, the author builds an ordered semiring quotient \(\pi:\mathcal L \to\overline{\mathcal L}\) which would be an isomorphism in case the Telescope Conjecture is true, meaning one can regard \(\overline{\mathcal L}\) as the largest quotient of \(\mathcal L\) in which the Telescope Conjecture holds. Second, the author gives an explicit, combinatorial construction of another ordered semiring \(\mathcal A\) that injects into the quotient \(\overline{\mathcal L}\) and such that \(\pi(\langle E\rangle)\) is in the image of the injection for most known and studied classes \(\langle E\rangle\in\mathcal L\). The author notes it is reasonable to conjecture that a number of new Bousfield classes introduced in [\textit{M. Mahowald} et al., Contemp. Math. 271, 217--284 (2001; Zbl 0984.55009)] lie in the image of the injection \(\mathcal A\hookrightarrow\overline{\mathcal L}\), thereby opening up a potential avenue for further investigation.

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